1, Report:
#209551
Posted Date:
Sep 07 2006
ROCTEL CORP. ripoff FORT LEE New Jersey
Yes it is true this Roctel is a total rip off.
I have also tried to get it removed from my phone bill.
My first contact with this RocTel was via e-mail. Where I stated to them that I did not request this service and I did not want it. After a week with no response I called the ...
Entity
Categories: Voicemail Services
2, Report:
#209161
Posted Date:
Sep 02 2006
ROCTEL Corp. Privacy Plus Voice Mail ripoff followed up by harassing phone call Fort Lee New Jersey
My telephone company is Embarq (formally Sprint) On 9-1-06 I noticed an additional charge on my bill from a billing company called ESBI. The $14.95 plus tax charge was on behalf of ROCTEL Corp. Since I never requested or subscribed to Privacy Plus Voice Mail, I called EMBARG to comp...
Entity
Categories: Internet Fraud
3, Report:
#205280
Posted Date:
Aug 09 2006
Esbi ripoff unwanted billing fraud Roctelcorp Internet
I recieved my bill. Seen that esbi was on there. I was like um no. i didn't sign up for this.
So I called the toll free number. I talked to a lady and she gave me a false number to cancel this crap. I called back again. This guy answered and sounded like he didn't know what he wa...
Entity
Categories: Internet Fraud
4, Report:
#192494
Posted Date:
Aug 06 2006
Roctel And ESBI ripoff phone service that I never requested just appears on my Verizon phone bill! Rochester New York
On May 10 (2:30 in the afternoon) someone from a company I never heard of (Privacy Plus) leaves a message on my answering machine saying, they are taking the opportunity to remind me about starting the next month of billing.
Since I had never heard of these people and since I do ...
Entity
Categories: Voicemail Services
5, Report:
#200162
Posted Date:
Jul 19 2006
RocTel Corporation, ESBI Fraudulent Phone Charges Ripoff Rochester New York
I received my phone bill with charges from ESBI/Roctel
Corporation on it for the amount of $14.95 plus .45 cents in taxes. It was categorized as long distance, but I have a seperate company that I pay long distance to.
I called the service number and asked them what the charges ...
Entity
Categories: Telephone Companies
6, Report:
#192301
Posted Date:
May 19 2006
RoctelRoctel And ESBI A Stinking Charge to my Telephone Bill Ripoff Internet
I want to be on record that I have been billed for something I did not order from Roctel & ESBI. I am a low income senior on Life line telephone service and I cannot and have not added to my phone bill because I do not have extra money to pay for additonal services. I am angry tha...
Entity
Categories: Corrupt Companies
7, Report:
#191412
Posted Date:
May 14 2006
RocTel Corporation fraudulent billing, using cookies to capture info to sign up for Privacy Plus VoiceMail, does not cancel Rochester New York
I have beentrying to discontinue a service that I did not sign up for, and have been trying to cancel since. Here is a timeline of events:
April 16, 2006 I was using the web-site DailyFreebies.com, which is where Privacy Plus Voice Mail cookies captured my information without my...
Entity
Categories: Voicemail Services
8, Report:
#189879
Posted Date:
May 04 2006
Roctel ripoff Dublin Ireland
I am a single female working a minimum wage job and did not sign up for voicemail I have an answering machine I don't know who they are but i wanna know how to keep them from charging my phone bill.
Louretta
Enid, OklahomaU.S.A.
Entity
Categories: Telephone Answering Services
9, Report:
#187992
Posted Date:
Apr 22 2006
247download.com Blatant Rip-Off!!! Rochester New York
I registered for 2 years; got no e-mail confirmation after 15 minutes. I tried to send 3 e-mails to the e-mail they provide but got no response.
I also tried calling the telephone number provided but got a voice mail box.
I also tried calling the company ROC Telecommunica...
Entity
Categories: Computer Software
10, Report:
#187125
Posted Date:
Apr 18 2006
ROCTEL & ESBI Deceptive practices on the Internet to get you to unknowingly sign up for their services Rochester New York
I made the unfortunate mistake of ordering magazines from Publishers Clearing House on the Internet. Once I put in my address and phone number for my orders, I was presented with numerous webpages of advertisments. At the bottom of most pages was a button to click that said no th...
Entity
Categories: Corrupt Companies
11, Report:
#183315
Posted Date:
Mar 26 2006
ROCTEL I am a senior citizen on a fixed income, and when I received my phone bill yesterday, I discovered $14.95 monthly charge for ROCTEL. The charge is alledgedly for PRIVACYPLUSVM monthly fee. I never ever signed up for any such thing. Dublin Ireland
I am furious with this so-called company because I never ordered any type of phone service or voice mail service from them and I am being billed $14.95 per month for a privacyplus voice mail service. I saw this charge on my phone bill and called QWEST because I didn't even know who ...
Entity
Categories: Corrupt Companies
12, Report:
#174837
Posted Date:
Feb 05 2006
SBC - ESBI - ROCTEL ripoff, unauthorized telephone charge San Antonio Texas
My SBC telephone bill for January 2006 has an attachment ESBI Privacy Plus Voicemail Monthly Fee of $16.12 for ROCTEL for 0 minutes. The charge is for so call service Privacy Plus Voicemail for monthly service for January 2006.
No one in our family recognized or authorized SBC,...
Entity
Categories: Telephone Companies
13, Report:
#174820
Posted Date:
Feb 05 2006
SBC, ESBI And ROCTEL My SBC telephone bill for January 2006 has an attachment ESBI Privacy Plus Voicemail Monthly Fee of $16.12 for ROCTEL for 0 minutes.I did not have any knowledge and consent on above voicemail services requested from ROCTEL. San Antonio Texas
My SBC telephone bill for January 2006 has an attachment ESBI Privacy Plus Voicemail Monthly Fee of $16.12 for ROCTEL for 0 minutes.I did not have any knowledge and consent on above voicemail services requested from ROCTEL.
Fredl
SAN DIEGO, CaliforniaU.S.A.
Entity
Categories: Telephone Companies
14, Report:
#167593
Posted Date:
Dec 11 2005
ESBI Roctel charges on verizon bill Internet
I just received my December Verizon bill and found under Miscellaneous Charges a charge for 11/23 ans one for 12/01 described as PRIVACY PLUSVM MTHFE in the amount of 14.95 a piece. The bill states Billed on Behalf of Roctel. On the top of the page it says Enhanced Services Billin...
Entity
Categories: Telephones
15, Report:
#134063
Posted Date:
Jul 21 2005
USBI, Tralee, OneCall.Com, Roctel, Integretel, ESBI, Qwest College Student Ripped Off over $300.00 from USBI 5+Months/Got To Stop This NOW! Nationwide
USBI has charged me over 300.00!!! I called each and everyone, and each told me to send a fax and proof of billing, they did not have it on their computer. Asked to speak to the Supervisor, which introduces themselves as Agent #0000, he more or less told me if I wanted to keep my p...
Entity
Categories: Telephone Companies
16, Report:
#145422
Posted Date:
Jun 08 2005
RocTel ripoff Rochester New York
I got a shock of wild in my mail when my telephone bill included $14.95 from a telephone company, RocTel I had never heard of. The supposed services I supposedly received included a privacy voicemail that could be accessed anywhere in the world. Well I have my answering machine that...
Entity
Categories: Corrupt Companies
17, Report:
#93704
Posted Date:
Jun 04 2004
Enhanced Services Billing Telephone Bill Cramming San Antionio Texas
May 2004: Enhanced Services Billing on behalf of their clients Roctel Corp and Traveller Info Services fraudulently charged by telephone bill 92.10. The FTC is aware but seems no legal action has been taken to make them cease & desist. See FTC website http://search.ftc.gov/query....
Entity
Categories: Telephone Companies